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INTRODUCTION TO
PYTHON
Learning Objectives INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON
• Python • Features of Python
• Installing Python • Modes of Python IDLE
• The input( ) and print( ) Functions
• The type( ) Function
• Variables in Python
• Data Types of Python
Today in the morning, my elder • Using Separators with print( ) Function 127
brother and his friends were talking • Comments in Python
about Python. Were they talking about Python snake or something else?
They were talking about Python programming language? Let's learn about
Python.
Python
Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language. It can be used to write
computer programs. Python was created by Guido Van Rossum in 1991 while working at the
National Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science in Netherlands.
Python is extensively used to develop:
• games • Graphical User Interface programs • websites • web applications
Features of Python
The following are the features of Python:
• Easy to code: It is very easy to write programs in Python as compared to other
high-level programming languages. This is because the language used to write Python
codes is similar to the English language.
• Open-source language: Python is a free and open-source programming language. An
open-source language can be easily improved and distributed by anyone. You can download
Python free of cost and use it on any operating system such as Windows, Mac or Linux.

